Vending apparatus.



. W M M Patented Feb. 8,1916.

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wwwaaom 2% M k m/ ezmozv J. PETERSON.

VENDING APPARATUS.

CATION FILED AUG 17 APPL 1912- 1,170,667. Patented Feb. 8, 1916,

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JONATHAN PETERSON, oF Bnoo LYn, NEW YORK, Assielvonro WEYMANBRU TON COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, 1\T.Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JONATHAN Pn'rnnson,

a citizen of the United States, residingat- Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State a of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Vending Apparatus, of which the followingis a specification.

My present invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in vending apparatus, and more particularly to that type knownas' F article-delivery apparatus, wherein provision is made for storing a quantity of the articles to be delivered and for delivering the articles singly, means being also provided for automatically and successively feeding the articles to the 'delivery means. a

Certain manufactured products, suchfor instance as some brands of snuff, are now usually put up for sale in small cylindrical boxes; a numberof these boxes being inclosed in a sealed wrapper forminga cylindricalroll, this method of packing being employed, in order to prevent the goods from drying out while on the shelf of the dealer, the cylindrical'packages or rolls being broken only as the boxes are required, hence all surplus stock may be kept in a fresh state, its original moisture being retained for a consider'ableperiod of time.

The object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus especially designed for storing a number of the unbroken cylindrical-packages or rolls above referred to and for automaticallyand successively feeding such rolls to a specially designed delivery trough capable of holding-all or a less number of the'boxes forming one of the packages or rolls, the said delivery trough being rotatably supported in such manner that it may bemoved to a position to expose the boXes to view and to enable themto be readily taken therefrom and which trough" may also be moved to -a closed position which will carry the boxes Within the casing ofthe apparatuswhere they will not be appreciably affected by prevailing atmospheric conditions. The said trough is so'constructedthat 3 when in its open position it will prevent the surplus stock of packages within the casing from moving forward and'when in its closed position the loose boxes inthetrough will engage the surplus stock toeffect this end,

butas soon as' all the looseboxes are taken.

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parts of the Patented Feb..8, 1916.

Application filed-August 17, 1912. Serial No. 715,600.

latter is again a fresh package from the trough and the movedto its closed position, or roll Wlll be automatically into. a

v WhileI have referred to the apparatus as having been especially designed for the purpose of holding and delivering cylindr1cal rolls of a particular product, it will of course be manifest that it.may be employed for holding and delivering cylindrical packages or articles of any kind without departing from the spirit of the invention.

With-these ends in view and in order to enable Others to clearly understand, make and use my said inventionI will nowproceed to descrlbe the same in detall reference being bad for this purpose to the accompanying drawing, wherein-- Figure 1 is a perspective view looking toward the front Ofanapparatus constructed according to the present invention, the delivery trough being closed. Fig. 2 is a front elevationkshowing the delivery trough open and the front cover raised. Fig. 3 is a central transverse vertical sectiontaken through the apparatus, the delivery trough being open. Fig. 4: is a similar view with the delivery trough inclosed position and showing the manner in which the boxes in thetroughengage and hold back the supplyof packages. F ig. 5 is adetail in section showing one method. of rotatably supporting the ends of the delivery trough in the sides of the casing, as when-the sides are constructed of wood. Fig. 6 is a similar detail showing a different method of rotatablysupporting the ends of the delivery trough, as when the sides of the casing are constructedof metal.

Like reference numerals indicate the same apparatus throughout the several'views. l v, v i i i The reference numerals 1, 1, designate the side walls of the casing, 2:the rear wall, 3 the top wall, 4 the frontwall, which is preferably hingedto the top wall 3,,and5 the forwardly inclined bottom wall. The

delivered therefrontwall l is hinged in order that the cylindrical packages .may be readily placed within the casing, and also to enable the dealer to see ata glance the condition of his stock so contained inithe apparatus. This front .wallis also: provided as a convenient fOlWlTCLIlQZIllY tO the outer edge of the said extensions, the forward end ofthe bottom wall being beveled off as shown moreclearly in Fig. 3.

.--Withinthe casing'there is a shelf 7 that islocated above the bottom 5,1but-Which terminates at a point forward of the rear wall 2,'leaving a passageway for free movement .of the cylindrical packages contained within the casing, the said shelf 7-being inrelined downwardly. in a direction opposite to thatof the inclined bottom 5, theconstruction being such that if a; number of cylindrical packages are placed upon the inclined shelf 7 and the inclined bottom 4 as shown in F igs. 3 and 4, they will move forward by gravity toward the front of the casing.

The casing may be made of wood or of -metal, or partly of wood and partly ;of

metal. *In the instance shown the casing is -made entirely of wood except as to the hinged front panel 4:, which is made of metal.

Rotatably supported in the side extensions 6.is.a package delivery trough 8, said trough being substantially semi-cylindrical and closed atits. ends by cupped disks :9, which .disks-fit into circular recesses 10 formedin .theinnerzfaces of the side walls 2, the disks fitting loosely into said recesses in such manner that-the trough may be easily rotated .onits geometrical axis. Ifhtheside mem- :bers ofthe. casing are made of metal instead of wood, as more clearly shown in Fig.6, thenthe. circular recesses willbe formed'by stamping Youtwardly projecting cups 110 from said-walls.

The rotatable deliveryctrough is .so positioned with relation to the forward endof the inclinedbottom 5 that the" longitudinal edge 12.ofthetrough,as moreclearly shown in Fig. 4, .may be moved to a position to bring such edge substantially .fiush with-the 1 upper surface of the said bottom, so that when the trough .is .moved toclosed position, as shown, the foremost cylindrical package resting uponthe inclined bottom '5 will roll by gravity into the trough, and by :then

" i rotating the trough to bring it to open position, as illustrated in Fig. :8, the package will be exposed to view, and may be readily removed, or 'if the trough contains separate boxes of the goods from which the package is made up, these boxes may be easily removed as demanded by the trade.

"By referring to Figs. 3 and .4, it willbe seen-that the trough 8, when its open posi;

tion serves. as a barrier to prevent forward movement of the cylindrical packages resting upon the inclined bottom 5 and the inclinedshelf 7, and when said trough is' 'i n closed position the packages or boxes therein will support the cylindrical rolls within the casing against forward movement, thus the much asthe' delivery trough'may be readily 1 opened andclosed while a broken package of boxes is contained'therein, itwill heap parent that thegoods neednot. be subjected to atmospheric influences s'inceathe trough,

may be kept closed atall times except when i a purchaser cal-lsforapackage ofthe goods.

The-delivery "trough is preferably made of sheetmetal, and is provide'd at oneedge with an extension 13, terminating. in a roll 14:, said roll when the trough isfclosed con f tacting with the ;lower;;edge of the hinged front wall 4:, so as to hold said wall closed whenever-:the'trough is inclosed position. i

. ;I prefer to ma'kethefront wall ofathe casing a movable wall instead of, for in stance, making'the top wallm'ovable, because the casingis-especially designedto beplaced pupon store. shelving,,-so that 'by hinging the front wall in the manner shown anddescribed,the casing may be opened -when it becomes necessary. to restock. the same'with a fresh supply oflpackages, without-removln the casing from the s'helving,'which it woul" -be necessaryto do if the top wallwashinged insteadofthe front wall.

A ivending apparatus' of the character 1 7 'herein' described affords :a convenient 1 means for storing a quantity of goods put :up in cylindrical form, and-permits ofithe goods being delivered as required, and at the r same time keeps the'goodsalways in a fresh-state. What I claimis:- a The combination with a casing having a front-wall andrside walls provided with forward extensions projecting beyond the 'EfIOIIiZ wall, :and an inclined gbottom adapted to support a plurality ofrowsofcylindrical :articles and (down which bottom :the varticles imay roll by gravity, ofra substantially semi- :cylindrical troughjhavingiits end flush with thesidewall's' o-fthe casing and journaled in the forwardiextensions of vitheside walls and adapted ztorotate on its longitudinal axis-so that when. the trough is :in its. closed. posiition the advanced row of articles will lie therein and :atfa point forward of. the front -walil," but between the-extensions of the side walls, and a anemberiearried by then-trough andxextending iat an abrupt: angle to one @of the longitudinal edges of the trough, said In testimony whereof I have hereunto set; member limiting the opening movement of my handin presence of two subscribing Wit-- the trough whereby the articles'therein will nesses.

be exposedtoyiew while held in the trough, V s J. PETERSON. said trough in its closed position acting to Witnesses:- hold back the remaining articles on the in- A. H. BtmRoUGHs,

clined bottom. L. E. FISHER.

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